[Unit] Description=IPFS daemon After=network.target [Service] ExecStart=/home/mikaela/go/bin/ipfs daemon --routing=dhtclient --enable-gc --enable-namesys-pubsub # My attempts at explaining flags above + --mount for fuse # --mount - fuse for /ipfs and /ipns, see https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/blob/master/docs/fuse.md as it requires some specific config, I am not # setting it as default here. # --routing=dhtclient - not serving requests to the network saving bandwidth # --enable-gc - automatic cleaning of unpinned files per rules in ipfs # config, I think by default two hours or when the repo gets bigger than # 10G # --enable-namesys-pubsub - real time previously cached ipns updates # # My specific config: # ipfs config Reprovider.Strategy pinned - advertise only pinned files # to the network to reduce connections instead of also cached content # (which they will still be able to download, see ipfs/go-ipfs#4145) # ipfs config Swarm.ConnMgr.GracePeriod 1s - to get rid of excess # connections quickly # ipfs config --json Swarm.ConnMgr.HighWater 20 - attempt to stay below 20 # connections # ipfs config --json Swarm.ConnMgr.LowWater 5 - attempt to keep at least 5 # connections # ipfs config --json Swarm.EnableAutoRelay true - if impassable NAT is # detected, connect to the network through relays that have configured # themselves as open (EnableRelayHop?) # # Extra: to disable IPv4 connections: # ipfs swarm filters add /ip4/0.0.0.0/ipcidr/0 # However I think this may do more harm than good, especially if the # other config options above (especially Reprovider.Strategy pinned) keep # amount of connection tolerable and won't cause issues. # Restart=on-failure User=mikaela [Install] WantedBy=default.target